Theodorick Bland

Theodorick Bland (21 March 1741-1 June 1790) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-VA 9) from 4 March 1789 to 1 June 1790, preceding William Branch Giles.

Biography
Theodorick Bland was born in Prince George County, Virginia in 1741, the cousin of Peyton Randolph and the second cousin of Thomas Jefferson. He became a doctor in 1763 and became a planter and major slaveholder at Kippax, and he served as Colonel of the 1st Continental Light Dragoons during the American Revolutionary War. From 1780 to 1783, he served in the Continental Congress, and he went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1789 until his death in 1790.